DUBAI RESULTS. Muguruza downs Clijsters in the 1st round

Garbine Muguruza defeats Kim Clijsters 6-2 7-6⁶ in the 1^st round in Dubai on Monday. Muguruza will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Dayana Yastremska or Veronika Kudermetova in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Muguruza had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Clijsters in the 1^st game (1-0). Garbine managed to boost her lead after breaking Kim in the 7^th (5-2) game before managing to win the set (6-2).

2^nd set.

Muguruza had a racing start in this set after breaking Clijsters in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set because Kim managed to break back in the 4^th (1-3) and in the 8^th (4-4) game. Garbine maintained her cool before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 81 points vs. Kim’s 67 points.

Muguruza won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points as she converted only 27% (4/15). On the other side, the Belgian was not so effective in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Muguruza and Clijsters is 1-0 for Garbine.

Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Kim Clijsters Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai

Next Match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Dayana Yastremska or Veronika Kudermetova – stats

Muguruza will come up against either Dayana Yastremska or Veronika Kudermetova in the 2^nd round. The head to head is 1-2 vs. Dayana Yastremska and 0-0 vs. Veronika Kudermetova.

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Barbora StrycovaStrycova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (7-6³ 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Elise MertensMertens – Qiang WangWang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Alison RiskeRiske (7-6³ 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Kim ClijstersClijsters (6-2 7-6⁶) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Maria SakkariSakkari – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – See H2H details
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-0) – See H2H details
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (1-0) – See H2H details
• Petra MarticMartic – Su-Wei HsiehHsieh (1-2) – See H2H details
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – See H2H details
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Belinda BencicBencic (1-4) – See H2H details
• Sofia KeninKenin – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – See H2H details
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-4) – See H2H details
• Simona HalepHalep – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – See H2H details